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Anthropic targets valuation of up to $1.4tn in stock market flotation

Claude chatbot developer had been reported to be aiming for $2tn IPO on Wall Street before investors cooled on AI

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‘Flying cars’ could launch in China next summer, maker of two-seat model says

XPeng says its $300k low-altitude device will soon be ready for emergency services and recreational use in rural areas

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Woman jailed for posing as man to dupe partner into sex found guilty of similar deception

Jury finds Blade Silvano, who presented herself as a male army veteran, guilty of six counts of sexual assault

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Lewis Hamilton visits Egypt’s Rafah crossing and Gaza aid facilities

Seven-time F1 world champion tours border area and logistics warehouses operated by Egyptian Red Crescent

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US inflation rose 0.4% in October as price increases cooled and gas costs dipped

New data comes after Republicans’ midterms losses – which were largely seen as a rebuke of the party over high prices

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Singapore seizes US-operated cruise ship that offered ‘permanent’ life at sea

MV Odyssey impounded by authorities almost a fortnight after passengers left stranded in Cambodian port

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First day of Ukraine peace talks constructive, Zelensky says

Delegations from Kyiv, Washington and Moscow are in the United Arab Emirates for the first trilateral talks since February.

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Arrests made in Mohamed Al Fayed probe in France, police say

The Ritz hotel in Paris, which is still owned by the Al Fayed family, is one of the properties searched by police.

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Brazil should not increase the minimum wage, but get rid of it, says economist John Cochrane

Researcher from Stanford University, in the USA, cited by André Lara Resende in his proposal on fiscal policy, tells BBC News Brasil that the project would depend on fiscal adjustment and changes in social programs.

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He spent R$275,000 on Labubus and even made teeth inspired by the dolls, but what about now that the fever has passed?

Revenue for Pop Mart, the company behind the dolls, fell as interest in collectible monsters waned.

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